diff --git a/src/input/readers/SQLite.cc b/src/input/readers/SQLite.cc
index eff34593d8..d02cc17fc7 100644
--- a/src/input/readers/SQLite.cc
+++ b/src/input/readers/SQLite.cc
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void SQLite::DoClose()
 		}
 	}
 
-bool SQLite::checkError( int code )
+bool SQLite::checkError(int code)
 	{
 	if ( code != SQLITE_OK && code != SQLITE_DONE )
 		{
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@ bool SQLite::DoInit(const ReaderInfo& info, int arg_num_fields, const threading:
 		return false;
 		}
 
+	if ( Info().mode != MODE_MANUAL )
+		{
+		Error("SQLite only supports manual reading mode.");
+		return false;
+		}
+
 	started = false;
 
 	string fullpath(info.source);